Collins Engineers, Inc., an ENR Top 500 Design Firm providing inspection and design to the transportation, marine, construction, and land development industries, is seeking an experienced Structural Project Engineer in our Fairfax office. This position is a mix of office and fieldwork with some local travel. Collins brings the support needed to advance your career, where continuous development and education, and participation in technical societies will be encouraged and supported.

As a growing, multi-disciplined civil engineering and professional services firm, Collins is a wonderful place to grow your career. We are large enough to provide a broad range of experiences and exposure to a variety of projects, but small enough to foster a flexible environment and family atmosphere. We encourage independent, critical thinkers who grow and expand the ways in which we serve our clients. We foster an environment of personal and professional growth and offer the opportunity to work on interesting and unique projects.

Typical Duties And Responsibilities

• Provides technical engineering information to project manager to ensure the project complies with all engineering standards, codes, specifications, and design instructions.
• Inspection of bridges and waterfront structures.
• Ancillary and sign structure inspections.
• Above-water bridge inspection including routine and fracture critical bridge inspections and reporting, bridge rehabilitation design, and bridge load ratings.
• Design of bridges, transportation structures, earth retention structures, and waterfront structures.
• Reviews, analyzes, and provides recommendations on field and/or design issues.
• Independently preforms moderately difficult engineering computations involving conventional engineering practices.
• Prepares complete engineering plans or reports.
• Uses computer-assisted engineering and design software and equipment to prepare engineering and design documents.
• Keeps project manager informed of workload and any changes in project scope or additional services.
• Is active in technical societies.
• Responsible for small to moderately difficult projects from inception to completion.
• Has limited communication with clients.
• Is available to attend meetings or events outside of normal working hours.
• Directs and supervises the work of entry-level engineers, technicians, drafters, and administrative staff.
• Actively observes and acts in an appropriate manner related to safety.
• Field work required, which could include nights and weekends.
• Other duties may be assigned.
• Relocation is available
  
  

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